pygmy noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced American Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of pygmy noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pygmy

noun

NAmE//ˈpɪɡmi//

(also pigmy) (pl. pygmies, pigmies)

1Pygmy a member of a race of very short people living in parts of Africa and S.E. Asia

Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

2(disapproving) a very small person or thing, or one that is weak in some way He regarded them as intellectual pygmies.

See pygmy in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Check pronunciation: pygmy

All matches